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    Pyrochlore (Na,Ca)2Nb2O6(OH,F) is a mineral group of the niobium end member of the pyrochlore supergroup. Pyrochlore is also a term for the crystal structure...
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    Betafite is a mineral group in the pyrochlore supergroup, with the chemical formula (Ca,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH). Betafite typically occurs as a primary mineral...
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    hypoallergenic alternative to nickel. Niobium is often found in the minerals pyrochlore and columbite. Its name comes from Greek mythology: Niobe, daughter of...
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    connection between the problem of the frustrated Ising antiferromagnet on a (pyrochlore) lattice of corner-shared tetrahedra and Pauling's water ice problem,...
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    calcite rock with variable accessory amphibole, biotite, pyrite, pyrochlore and fluorite. Panda Hill Carbonatite Kresten, Peter; Troll, Valentin R...
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    (alias sheet silicates) and clays; pyrochlore (invalid mineral name since 2010), pyrochlore group and pyrochlore supergroup; antimony and stibnite (alias...
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  • north of Rutshuru town, exploiting one of the world's biggest reserves of pyrochlore, an ore of niobium. It is said to be the most valuable mineral resource...
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    prevailing over titanium and niobium. The microlite group belongs to a large pyrochlore supergroup that occurs in pegmatites and constitutes an ore of tantalum...
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    specializes in the processing and technology of niobium, extracted from its pyrochlore mine near the city of Araxá, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. CBMM...
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    (IDs 2.K) Other sulfosalts (IDs 2.H–J and 2.L–M) Oxides (IDs 4.A–E, e.g. pyrochlore supergroup and corundum group) Hydroxides (IDs 4.F–G) Arsenates(IV), sulfates(IV)...
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    member of the spectrum starting from bixbyite and progressing through pyrochlore. Examples of the difluorides include: The alkaline earth metals all exhibit...
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  • with random occupancy. Lead antimonate, Pb2Sb2O7, Naples yellow, has the pyrochlore structure. Calcium antimonate, Ca2Sb2O7, has the weberite structure. Ferric...
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    chemical or crystal with oxidized titanium such as the rare earth titanate pyrochlores series and many of the minerals with the perovskite structure. The name...
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    silicate minerals (such as micas and olivine), apatite, magnetite, and pyrochlore. This may not reflect the original composition of the lava, which may...
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  • than 80% of the worldwide niobium production. The niobium is mined from pyrochlore deposits and is subsequently transformed into the niobium pentoxide Nb2O5...
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    granites contain minerals rich in rare-earth element minerals such as pyrochlore and bastnaesite. Remnants of Cretaceous volcanic rocks are preserved in...
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  • contain thorium include apatite, sphene, zircon, allanite, monazite, pyrochlore, thorite, and xenotime. Thorium-232 has a half-life of 14 billion years;...
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    (IDs 2.K) Other sulfosalts (IDs 2.H–J and 2.L–M) Oxides (IDs 4.A–E, e.g. pyrochlore supergroup and corundum group) Hydroxides (IDs 4.F–G) Arsenates(IV), sulfates(IV)...
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    zircon, monazite, gadolinite, fergusonite, uraninite, yttrialite and pyrochlore. Thorite is currently an important ore of uranium. A variety of thorite...
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    silicate minerals (such as micas and olivine), apatite, magnetite, and pyrochlore. This may not reflect the original composition of the lava, which may...
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  • The Panda Hill Carbonatite is an apatite and pyrochlore bearing sovite carbonatite located in the Mbeya District of Tanzania. The deposit was found in...
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    geochemist at the Australian National University. The Synroc contains pyrochlore and cryptomelane type minerals. The original form of Synroc (Synroc C)...
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  • Pumpellyite (group of sorosilicates) Purpurite Putnisite Pyrargyrite Pyrite Pyrochlore (mineral group) Pyrolusite Pyromorphite Pyrope Pyrophanite Pyrophyllite...
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    Zhang, Haibin (2020-04-01). "Synthesis and structures of high-entropy pyrochlore oxides". Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 40 (4): 1639–1643. doi:10...
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  • (IDs 2.K) Other sulfosalts (IDs 2.H–J and 2.L–M) Oxides (IDs 4.A–E, e.g. pyrochlore supergroup and corundum group) Hydroxides (IDs 4.F–G) Arsenates(IV), sulfates(IV)...
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    "Direct synthesis and single crystal structure determination of cubic pyrochlore-type tungsten trioxide hemihydrate, WO3 · 0.5H2O". Materials Research...
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  • Thumbnail for Lueshe mine
    Republic of the Congo. The site is one of the most economically significant pyrochlore deposits in the world. The rare niobium mineral lueshite [fr] was discovered...
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    strong granulation, even though its chroma is low. Recently, NTP Yellow (a pyrochlore) has been brought to market as a non-toxic replacement for lead(II) chromate...
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  • Fluorcalciomicrolite (microlite, pyrochlore: IMA2012-036) 4.0 [481] [no] [no] Fluorcalciopyrochlore (pyrochlore, pyrochlore: IMA2013-055) 4.0 [482] [no] [no]...
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    focus of research because the magnetic frustration that results from its pyrochlore lattice. In 2009, quasiparticles resembling magnetic monopoles were observed...
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